3Synonyms found for panegyric

Word Origin & History

panegyric 1603, "eulogy, laudation," from Fr. panégyrique (1512), from L. panegyricus "public eulogy," originally an adj., from Gk. panegyrikos (logos) "(a speech) given in a public assembly," from panegyris "public assembly in honor of a god," from pan- "all" (q.v.) + agyris "place of assembly," Aeolic form of agora (q.v.).

Example Sentences for panegyric

When the year came round the poet presented his panegyric.

Never was funeral panegyric so eloquent as the silent look of sympathy which strangers exchanged when they met on that day.

The spontaneous outpouring of every heart in a community is the highest panegyric that can be offered to departed worth.